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PUBLISHED: 12:45 21 January 2019 Tony Wenham An under-inflated tyre can increase fuel consumption by 3pc Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto VichienPetchmai Insurer Warranty Direct explains some of the best ways to increase fuel economy – and save more than £300 a year. Over the past seven months petrol has increased by 10pc and diesel 11pc, with current prices some of the highest we’ve seen since the summer of 2014. Insurer Warranty Direct believes there’s never been a better time to look at the best ways to boost fuel economy – and save money.1 Consistent cruiseTests have shown varying your speed up and down between 46.5-52.8mph (75-85kph) can increase your fuel use by 20pc.As you get to know your vehicle, you’ll be able to tell what certain speeds feel and sound like without having to look at the speedometer too much, and you’ll adjust your foot on the pedal more naturally. But when you’re first learning (and/or don’t … [Read more...] about Eight ways to save £300+ a year on motoring

opinion Henry Payne The Detroit News Published 10:59 PM EST Jan 9, 2019 I shouldn’t be able to go this quickly in a big ute. Through the writhing, undulating valley roads of northern California, I whipped the all-new 2019 Porsche Cayenne five-door steed. The 10-piston brakes pulled the eyeballs out from my head. The laser-like steering placed the beast — there! — at the apex. Ample torque to all four wheels helped power-drift on exit. Cayenne’s sports car-like handling comes naturally. After all, its father is the Porsche 911, the best-handling supercar on the planet. Payne, have you gone mad? Flogging a 4,300-pound SUV through the wilderness? Well, the world has gone crazy for a while now. Blame Stuttgart, which in 2003 went off the sports-car reservation (some thought off its rocker) and invented the Cayenne, a midsize performance SUV. Like driving each new generation of the $100,000 Porsche 911, I make it a point to get in … [Read more...] about Review: The 2019 Porsche Cayenne will make you a believer

COUNCILS have drastically slashed spending on local roads, despite the UK's pothole crisis only getting worse, a recent study has found. And authorities are actually earning more each year from parking charges, leaving motorists wondering where all the money is being spent. Conducted by Confused.com, the study found local authorities spent £2.4 billion on roads in 2017/18, marking a 21 per cent decrease in spending compared with 2013/14. But parking fees and penalties brought a significant increase in revenue for councils over the same period, up £165million to total a whopping £847million last year. The data comes just weeks after the RAC branded the condition of UK roads as "shocking", with a 33 per cent increase in the number of potholes being reported over the last two years. A whopping 512,000 potholes were reported to 161 local authorities in 2017, with the motoring organisation claiming the "condition of our roads is worsening". Data revealed 101 of the 176 local … [Read more...] about Councils slash spending on local roads by 20 per cent despite major pothole crisis – and they make £165million a year MORE from parking

TARON Egerton is bent over rummaging through the fridge in the corner of his hotel room. He eventually pops his head up, brandishing an artfully designed frosted glass bottle. "Coconut water! That is what people drink, isn't it?" he says, with a raised eyebrow. "I feel like when you are wearing a hat like this you can drink coconut water." Indeed he is wearing quite the hat, a broad brimmed black number, perched on top of his newly-shaven head. The change to his appearance is still fresh and he is still feeling self-conscious about it. "I just finished the Elton John thing and I had this awful hair so I shaved it cos they had thinned it right out and given me this bald patch. It was very cathartic getting rid of it and also, not to put a downer on things, I split up with my girlfriend not long ago and it weirdly felt a bit like reinvention. "It felt quite empowering to change the way I look." The "Elton John thing" is Rocket Man, a biopic about the singer that has been a long time in … [Read more...] about Robin Hood’s Taron Egerton: In a year I’ll be ready to put the Kingsman suit back on

Motoring by Press Association 05/04/2018, 10:34 am FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter The UK’s new car market shrank by 15.7 per cent in March compared with the same period in 2017. It marks a year in decline for the country’s new car sales, as a variety of factors including Brexit uncertainty, changes to vehicle tax rates and the so-called ‘demonisation of diesel’ cause buyers to hold off on upgrading their vehicle. Sales so far in 2018 are down by 12.4 per cent compared with the first quarter of 2017. The figures, released today by industry body the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), show that demand for diesel vehicles fell by 37 per cent, but petrol and alternatively fuelled vehicles saw sales rise by 0.5 per cent and 5.7 per cent respectively. Of the latter, plug-in hybrids fuelled the most growth – sales rose by 18.2 per cent. Despite the drop, though, the SMMT said … [Read more...] about New car sales fall again in March to make it a year of decline